In Aceh, Enforced Sharia Law Has Outsized Impact In Aceh Province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, Sharia police break up a game of dominos. Despite the players' protests that they are not gambling, the police confiscate the game and leave them t...
By Trish Anderton Jakarta 26 October 2007 The agency in charge of rebuilding tsunami-stricken Aceh, Indonesia, says it is on track to finish building houses there next spring. The Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency is now shifting its focus to...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Banda Aceh 27 December 2006 Indonesia and its tsunami-ravaged Aceh province have taken another big step away from their conflict-ridden past with first-ever direct elections in the former separatist region. The historic Decem...
By Jocelyn Ford Banda Aceh 19 December 2006 An Acehnese woman casts her ballot at a polling station, 11 Dec 2006 The Indonesian province of Aceh this month held its first direct elections for key officials, a landmark vote intended to cement a peace...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Banda Aceh 11 December 2006 Polls have closed in Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged province of Aceh after a Acehnese woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Banda Aceh, 11 Dec 2006 landmark vote for a provincial government....
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 11 July 2006 Indonesia's parliament has passed a bill to extend political autonomy for Aceh, but human-rights activists and former Achenese rebels say the law does not satisfy a 2005 peace agreement. The conflict has revived...